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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 03:46 AM
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towns with weird names

If you know of any sized town/city that has a weird or unique name to it, let others know. (places of interest, lakes, etc count too!)

I have listed some that I have heard of:

Toad Suck Lake, close to Little Rock, AR

Burnt Corn, AL

Intercourse, AL

Slapout, OK

Smackover, AR

Truth or Consequences, NM

Big Ugly, WV

Spread Eagle, WI

Bumpass, VA

Satans Kingdom, VT

Mexican Hat, UT

Hoop and Holler, TX

Cut-and-Shoot, TX

Disco, TN

South of the Border, SC

Big Beaver, PA

Half.com, OR

Three Legs Town, OH

Cat Elbow Corner, NY

Ho-Ho Kus, NJ

Bala Cynwyd, PA

Gay Head, MA

Bad Axe, MI

Monkey's Eyebrow, KY

Howey-in-the-Hills, FL

..and my fav..

Bootlegger Crossing, AZ
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 04:00 AM
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When does school start back up again??

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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 05:57 AM
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Startup, WA
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 06:01 AM
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Belchertown, MA
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 06:12 AM
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Good reply, happytrails!!
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 07:03 AM
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Muleshoe, TX close to Earth, TX
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 08:43 AM
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Bird-in-Hand, PA
 
Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 08:50 AM
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Humptulips, WA
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 08:52 AM
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Hi Hat, KY

Dilles Bottom, OH

I've been to Bad Axe
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 09:00 AM
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Kentucky continues to ammuse:

Rabbit Hash, KY...check out their website... www.rabbithashusa.com

Big Bone Lick State Park also in KY
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 09:30 AM
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Climax, Ga.

Ty Ty, Ga.

Dimebox, Tex.

Yeehaw Junction, Fla.

Ninety-Six, S.C. (The only place with a major-league ballplayer whose uniform number was his hometown.)

North, S.C. (I find this amusing in the manner of Abbott and Costello.)

Bug Tussle, Okla. (or is it Arkansas? Wherever the Beverly Hillbillies came from, and it is a real place.)
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 09:36 AM
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Hot Coffee, LA
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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I'm not quite sure why the Welsh name Bala Cynwyd would be considered "weird"; it's just a combination of two Welsh towns, one having to do with a lake, the other with a saint.

Now Blue Ball and Intercourse, PA...those are a bit odd.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 09:43 AM
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I've been to Beaver, UT. My son just had to have his picture taken by the "Entering Beaver" sign.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 11:45 AM
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Piapot Saskatchewan
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 12:00 PM
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Boring, OR
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 12:10 PM
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Bala Cynwyd,.I dunno. it just sounds funny. sounds like the name of a 1980's heavy metal hairband.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 12:33 PM
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Hell, MI
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 01:08 PM
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North Augusta, SC...realize that Augusta is in GA.
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Old Sep 3rd, 2007 | 01:53 PM
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This is Austria, but it's real:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp
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